Woman Reading a Letter
Utagawa Kunisada (I) (attributed)
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- height 191 mm x width 124 mm
- Origin
- Japan
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum
- Image provider
- rijksmuseum
- License
- Public Domain
- Credit
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Art Genome Taxonomy
11 tags
Subject Matter
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Scenes of Everyday Life Both · 99%
The title identifies a woman reading a letter, and the image visibly shows a figure holding and looking at an unfolded letter.
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Text Both · 98%
An unfolded letter is visible in the woman’s hands, and Japanese writing appears in a vertical panel at the right.
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Flora Visual · 99%
Two large stylized blossoms, one blue and one red, occupy the upper-right portion of the image.
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Related to Fashion Visual · 93%
The composition gives substantial attention to the woman’s layered garments, sash, hairstyle, and hair ornaments.
Styles and Movements
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Ukiyo-e Both · 94%
Its Japanese surimono format, attribution to Utagawa Kunisada (I), date, printed linework, and decorative color design are consistent with ukiyo-e.
Visual Qualities
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Patterns Visual · 98%
Repeated stripes, checks, geometric motifs, and floral patterns are prominent across the garments and cloth-like forms.
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Flatness Visual · 94%
Broad areas of largely unmodeled color, strong contour lines, and limited spatial recession create a relatively flat pictorial surface.
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Highly Detailed Visual · 88%
Fine visual information appears in the hairstyle, ornaments, garment patterns, letter, Japanese writing, blossoms, and patterned forms near the figure’s feet.
Medium and Techniques
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Prints Both · 99%
The object is classified by the Rijksmuseum as a surimono and print; its nishikie technique is visibly consistent with a color print.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Both · 99%
The Rijksmuseum dates the work to approximately 1825–1830.
Geographic Regions
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Japanese Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies Japan as the place of origin.
Source & rights
attributed to Utagawa Kunisada (I). Woman Reading a Letter. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.